# Incident 19781216025379I: Boeing PT17, Salem, MI, December 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Salem, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4061° N, 83.5799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4061&lon=-83.5799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75 (registry code 1380116, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216025379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT BRAKED HARD TO PREVENT HITTING ANOTHER PLANE. BOTH WERE TAXIING. THIS PLANE WENT OVER ON ITS' NOSE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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